The young people comprise the age group of 10–24 years as per the World Health Organization. The (National Youth Policy of India in Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. https://www.rgniyd.gov.in/sites/default/files/pdfs/scheme/nyp_2014.pdf , 2014) defines youth as 15–29 years of age group. It is of utmost concern that this young age group witnesses a significant burden of death by suicide. The suicide death rate has increased by 7.2% (NCRB in Accidental deaths and suicides in India 2021. National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/library/resource/accidental-deaths-suicides-in-india-2021/ , 2021) from 2020 to 2021. The NCRB data shows a steady increase in the number of students who committed suicide from 9905 in 2017, 10,159 in 2018, 12,526 in 2020 to 13,089 in 2021. Various measures and intervention programmes have been undertaken for addressing this crucial concern of loss of human resources. This paper explores the use of self-compassion as intrapersonal character strength to address suicidal thought and behaviour in young people. Suicidal thought and behaviour underlies a sense of hopelessness and lack of self-esteem. The individual becomes disinterested in life and experiences loss of self-belief and self-confidence. All these reflect a lack of being compassionate towards oneself. The core elements of self-compassion, namely self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness, facilitates being kind to oneself and developing a perspective. It can effectively address the high emotionality characteristic of the developmental stages of the young people. This in turn can affect resilience and impact the suicidal behaviour. The present chapter will discuss various theoretical models including the Indian perspective, and highlight self-compassion as a key factor in suicide prevention in the young people.